The reform and opening up policy introduced in 1978 not only changed China, but the entire world. FOCUS asks people that have laid witness to these four decades of change to share their thoughts on China’s past, present and future. Words by Ambassador Barbara Woodward, Lord James Sassoon, Kerry Brown, Lord Michael Heseltine, and Richard Robinson In December 1978, China’s leader Deng Xiaoping, announced that China would start a period …
